Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Nepal and China establish greenhouse vegetable training centre A China Chongqing-Nepal Vegetable Training Center is to be established in Khokana, Lalitpur, as part of efforts to support greenhouse vegetable production and technology transfer in Nepal. The project follows a model of financial and technical cooperation to
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com Unexpected aid gap threatens major Estonian vegetable producer Estonia's top greenhouse grower Grüne Fee faces significant annual losses and the potential risk of shutdown after unexpectedly being declared ineligible for state aid. Last summer, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MKM) floated a plan
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com China: Automating pollination for growers China's agricultural sector is undergoing a rapid structural transformation, with science and technology now contributing more than 64 percent to agricultural output growth, underscoring a decisive shift away from labour-intensive practices toward a modern, innovation-led production system. Improved
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com "Robotic precision coating creates highly uniform light diffusion while avoiding the excessive shading density often seen with conventional methods." The technology also supports more stable internal climate conditions during peak summer radiation periods, helping growers maintain consistent DLI levels across the greenhouse. Gennadii shares that
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com The 25-year-old farmer is fostering a movement centered on innovation, sustainability, and education. Located in Pandaras, City of San Fernando, Plant Habitat has steadily grown over the last five years from a backyard hobby into a booming agribusiness recognized for its advanced hydroponics systems and
Crop Science
Source: HD.com Turkey: Retirees turn 40-square-meter greenhouse into 4,000-square-meter operation Thanks! Producing nearly 1.5 million seedlings annually, the entrepreneurs strive to keep up with orders coming from all over Turkey. Two retired workers in Tokat expanded their seedling production, which they started as
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com The main objective of the visit is to expand cooperation with Spanish greenhouse equipment manufacturers and agro-industrial companies, as well as to introduce modern technologies into Uzbekistan's agricultural sector. As part of the trip, regional representatives are holding talks in the province of Almería,
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Peat-free substrates lose 90% of nitrogen - significantly reducing nutrient retention. In peat-free formulas, more than half of the nitrogen in this fertiliser is lost after the first watering and, by the sixth watering, nitrogen retention rates are down to 10%. This is a category-level
Controls & Automation
Source: VFD.com Innovation day highlights advanced automation and future pathways for Irish growers A Mushroom Innovation Day, hosted by Teagasc Horticulture Development Department, took place on Wednesday, 6 May at the Ashtown Research Centre in Dublin. It brought together growers, researchers, and technology providers to explore the future of
Facility Design
Source: VFD.com Saudi grower announces greenhouse expansion mega-project Saudi grower Dava Agricultural has announced the expansion of its controlled-environment production with two projects currently under development, including the Taif mega-project, which extends over 350 hectares of glass greenhouses. Wissam Abdul Samad, Deputy CEO of Dava Agricultural,
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Joris Mulders, a cultivation adviser at Delphy in the Netherlands, has been observing a rise in the bacterial disease among growers and is helping them manage the consequences of the excessive root growth. Mulders suspects that something went wrong at propagator level, allowing the harmful bacterium Agrobacterium
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com The company, which recently launched its Harvester robot for tomato greenhouses, believes fully autonomous operation is essential to solving the structural labour shortages facing protected horticulture. "Our ambition is getting to a fully automated greenhouse where crop work is done by robots, while human labour is